The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-04-22
A NAVAL "REvlEWS. 4"

A NAVAL "REvlEWS."
EDITOR BULLETIN "A very old
proverb says, Comparisons are
odious," Il verfication of which was
presented to the "magic circle" on
Wednesday night last. The sombre
hue of the British Naval fatigue
uniform, on the still more modest
gents evening dress, compared with
the glittering, gaudy, and brass
buttoned uniforms worn by the re-
Gently commissioned officers of the
Hawaiian Navy, of whom there were
ten representatives present at the
naval hop, was strikingly conspi-
cuous to plebeian civilian. Surely
this ball was not got up for the pur-
popose of advertising one of our
local tailors, nor could it be for the
special delectation of the ladies who
admire "the boy in blue" If for
the former purpose, it was q decid-
ed failure, and if for the latter. it
was not success. A feeling of
sympathy pervaded the feminine
hearts that gazed upon our country's
bold defenders to think any one, in
this climate, should be compelled to
wear double breasted coat, but
toned nearly up to the chin and
ovcrladen with brass buttons and
gold lace, especially the latter,
should be compelled to exhibit them
selves, and dance q sailors hornpipe
publicly. A downtown young man
who got an invitation to the hop
through his moving in "Toney"
society, upon recovering from the
giddiness arising from mixture of
waltzing and wine, has ventured to
express an opinion that the results of
this meeting of the Clans" might
be followed by serious results. He
went so far as to say that some Of
our British visitors who sailed yes
terday morning for Vancouver ISL
and, are reported to have had their
eyesight considerably dimmed on
Wednesday evening, owing to the
dazzling effect of the profuseness of
gold lace that met their visionary
organs at the Palace.
On their way down to the boat an
early hour yesterday morning some
betting amongst our naval visitors
was overheard by gentleman who sat
on his verandah, cooling off. 1t
was concerning difference of opin-
ion as to which was the "First Luff"
and which was "Chief Cook 10
an experts, or an onlooker familiar
with scenes Hawaiian, there should
be no difficulty at distinguishing the
difference as the latter is always
conspicuous by his 'grizzly" ap-
pearance.
BY the way it is rumored amongst
the "boys" that "Joe" will shortly
don a naval uniform in virtue OF
his position as Paymaster-General
Won't the ducats fly around when
all hands return from their first
commission? Sam Maikai will throw
himself around for all he is worth,
provided he does not break his neck
when crossing royal yards with pipe
stems, feat which he is better able
to accomplish than to "box the COM
pass" Taking it altogether, how
ever, that little affair was a grand
exhibition of gilt and gingerbread
and ought to be recorded in the coprs
hunters lOgbOok, so that posterity
may look upon its anniversary, as O
fiji and proper time to "dance, drink
and be merry" 1 fancy j heal
the ex-Navigating Lieutenant when
speeding down South while Tan.
talus is sinking in the northern hori.
zon say, $50 it, old gal, this beats
blackbirding in the Storm Bird, with
a (Free e)man always at your elbow
directing whittier l shall go, and
how much l shall drink" l tel
you "Friend BULLETIN" nothing
like ''a life on the ocean wave. -
1t beats the schoolmaster' billet
altogether. What fat thing fol
you newspaper people to look for.
ward TO the return of II. II. MS S
Kaimiloa, Commander George Ed.
ward Grisley Jackson, and the pub
lication of the details of her log
Should l manage to stow away OF
this hooker, l will on my return
furnish you with a few details tina
will probably not appear in the Off
cial log. There are always som,
"little things" worth noting, whicl
may possibly slip the Lord Higl
AdmiraPs memory. Aloha.
Yours, ETC.,